NHA certification study guide for CCMA certification exam 2023 with complete solution

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exam 2023 with complete solution Chief complaint CC - Correct Answer The reason a patient called for help. Also, the patient's response to questions such as "What's wrong?" or "What happened?" His... tory of present illness HPI - Correct Answer Explains the chief complaint. A chronological description of the development of the patient's present illness from the first sign or symptom or from the previous encounter to the present. Vital Signs - Correct Answer Temperature, pulse, respiration, and Blood pressure are all ___________ ___________. Normal oral temperature - Correct Answer 97.6F - 99.6F intermittent fever - Correct Answer Fever that alternates between elevated and normal or subnormal body temperatures. Remittent fever - Correct Answer fever in which temperature fluctuates greatly but never falls to the normal level. Continuous fever - Correct Answer A fever that remains constant above the baseline, does not fluctuate. 60-100 BPM - Correct Answer Normal pulse rate Respirations - Correct Answer Rate, rhythm, and depth are taken into account when measuring what? Systole - Correct Answer contraction of the heart Diastole - Correct Answer relaxation of the heart Anthropometric measurements - Correct Answer Measurement of height, (length rather than height is used in infants because they cannot stand.), weight, BMI, head circumference in infants, waist to hip, % of body fat. Inspection - Correct Answer General appearance, state of nutrition, body habits, symmetry, pasture and gait, speech. palpation - Correct Answer to examine by touch Percussion - Correct Answer physical examination method of tapping over the body to elicit vibrations and sounds to estimate the size, border, or fluid content of a cavity such as the chest. [Show More]

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